The Criterion Collection

Film Reviews: The Criterion Collection’s “The Ranown Westerns” — Absolutely Swell

September 2, 2023
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Cinephiles revere a group of movies, known as the Ranown cycle, that starred Randolph Scott and were cannily directed by Budd Boetticher.

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Film Review: Director Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Color Bind — Restored

February 18, 2023
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Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski’s marvel universe explored in Three Colors.

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Film Appreciation: “History is Made at Night” — Transcendent Love on Screen

June 8, 2021
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Director Frank Borzage’s wonderful 1937 History Is Made at Night, newly restored and released on Blu-ray and DVD by the Criterion Collection, defies pigeonholing.

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Film Review: Buster Keaton’s “The Cameraman” — The Final Feature-Length Blaze of Brilliance

February 1, 2021
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The Cameraman is the hilarious capstone to a glorious period that began for Buster Keaton in the late teens.

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Film Review: “The Executioner” — Death Be Not Pedestrian

January 30, 2017
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Director Luis García Berlanga entertainingly but ruthlessly lampoons the cruelties and absurdities of Spanish life under dictatorship.

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DVD Review: Roman Polanski’s “Macbeth” – A Paranoiac Fever Dream

November 25, 2014
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Among the most haunting aspects of Roman Polanski’s 1971 film version of Macbeth is his visceral depiction of the tragedy’s violence.

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Film Review: Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project — The Art of Restoration, Around the Globe

December 21, 2013
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Director Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is committed to doing the indispensable work needed to save examples of damaged but worthy landmarks of cinema.

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